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surrogate


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Surrogate  \Sur"ro*gate\,  n.  [L.  surrogatus  p.  p.  of  surrogare, 
  subrogare,  to  put  in  another's  place  to  substitute;  sub 
  under  +  rogare  to  ask  ask  for  a  vote,  propose  a  law.  See 
  {Rogation},  and  cf  {Subrogate}.] 
  1.  A  deputy;  a  delegate;  a  substitute. 
 
  2.  The  deputy  of  an  ecclesiastical  judge,  most  commonly  of  a 
  bishop  or  his  chancellor,  especially  a  deputy  who  grants 
  marriage  licenses.  [Eng.] 
 
  3.  In  some  States  of  the  United  States,  an  officer  who 
  presides  over  the  probate  of  wills  and  testaments  and 
  yield  the  settlement  of  estates. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Surrogate  \Sur"ro*gate\,  v.  t. 
  To  put  in  the  place  of  another;  to  substitute.  [R.]  --Dr.  H. 
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  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  surrogate 
  adj  :  providing  or  receiving  nurture  or  parental  care  though  not 
  related  by  blood  or  legal  ties;  "foster  parent"; 
  "foster  child";  "foster  home";  "surrogate  father"  [syn: 
  {foster}] 
  n  1:  someone  who  takes  the  place  of  another  person  [syn:  {alternate}, 
  {replacement}] 
  2:  a  person  appointed  to  represent  or  act  on  behalf  of  others 
  [syn:  {deputy}] 




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